Solitude and Moving Towards Human Contact

I imagine many of you have seen articles, books, and podcasts on the current trend toward solitude in our culture.  Robert Putnam wrote a book in 2000 entitled Bowling Alone and he was more recently interviewed on The Daily (July 13, 2024 – “Robert Putnam Knows Why...

Cold Showers

Several years ago, my husband, Bill, saw an article on improving one’s immune system and general health with some daily deep breathing exercises and cold showers.  (This is probably related to the practice of “cold plunges,” but it’s not the same.) The breathing...

Re-Starting with a Book Review

Welcome back to Renewing Eve! It’s been a few months since our last post. We have been writing a series on living justly as Christians. My last post in July was on the Year of Jubilee.  Since then I have been blessed to gather with various members of my family, some...

Getting Our American History Straight

Before I write any further about living justly, I want to take the time to post some resources on American history. I know it is a bit of a trend to post these types of resources, but Ruth and I would like to add some of our own suggestions to your (hopefully growing)...